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Police Arrest Alleged Accomplice in AMU Teacher Killing as Manhunt Continues

Police say the attack was plotted to avenge a 2018 arrest attributed to an alleged mastermind now on the run.

Overview

  • Officers arrested Salman Qureshi after CCTV footage and a Facebook post pointed to his role in facilitating the December 24 shooting of teacher Rao Danish Ali on the AMU campus.
  • Investigators say Qureshi confessed when confronted with evidence and directed them to a scooter dumped along the AligarhBulandshahar highway and to the car used in the operation.
  • Police identify Zubair as the suspected mastermind and name Fahad and Yasir as the alleged shooters, with all three still at large and believed to have fled to Delhi.
  • An FIR at Aligarh’s Civil Lines police station cites Bhartiya Nyayay Sanhita sections 103(1) for murder and 109(1) for attempt to murder.
  • AMU students held a candlelight march calling for swift arrests and stronger campus security following the killing.